Not that bad as such, but I always wondered what the fuck Kreator and Metallica were supposed to actually mean. Kreator of what? Isn't that like calling your band God? And Metallica simply doesn't mean anything at all. Then there is Megadeth (mispelled)...Plus all the several-word metalcore (or whatever derivatives) crap: Bring Me The Horizon, Taking Back Sunday, Poison The Well, etc etc etc...

I've always thought that Darkthrone is a bit of a crappy name. Tries too hard to be evil and comes across as silly instead. Dark Funeral as well. And probably everything else with 'dark' in it; adding it to your band name seems like a good way to avoid it sounding dark or mysterious. Doesn't really bother me, though.

What does 'trying too hard' to be anything, really even mean anymore? People throw that phrase around like crazy and never bother explaining...plus, Darkthrone's name came from the lyrics of Celtic Frost's "Jewel Throne," and it's an awesome name.

What does 'trying too hard' to be anything, really even mean anymore? People throw that phrase around like crazy and never bother explaining...plus, Darkthrone's name came from the lyrics of Celtic Frost's "Jewel Throne," and it's an awesome name.

It means trying to be something without consideration for anything else, in this case throwing two words together for maximum evilness without considering if the combination might sound silly. Dark Funeral is actually more guilty of this, but I don't care for them so their name bothers me less. Obviously, it's hardly a deal-breaker, but I've never liked the name. Might just be that I don't like the word 'dark', as well.

What does 'trying too hard' to be anything, really even mean anymore? People throw that phrase around like crazy and never bother explaining...plus, Darkthrone's name came from the lyrics of Celtic Frost's "Jewel Throne," and it's an awesome name.

And I thought it came from a part in The Lord Of The Rings where it says something about Sauron's "dark throne"...

But yeah, Celtic Frost was definitely a bigger influence than Tolkien.

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Metantoine wrote:

If Summoning is the sugar of fantasy metal, is Manowar the bacon?

CorpseFister wrote:

Personally, I prefer to know nothing of the esoteric hierarchy of MA and the profane rituals required to attain rank.

What does 'trying too hard' to be anything, really even mean anymore? People throw that phrase around like crazy and never bother explaining...plus, Darkthrone's name came from the lyrics of Celtic Frost's "Jewel Throne," and it's an awesome name.

It means trying to be something without consideration for anything else, in this case throwing two words together for maximum evilness without considering if the combination might sound silly. Dark Funeral is actually more guilty of this, but I don't care for them so their name bothers me less. Obviously, it's hardly a deal-breaker, but I've never liked the name. Might just be that I don't like the word 'dark', as well.

Throwing words together for maximum evilness usually does sound silly and a lot of metal IS pretty silly to boot. Overexaggerated gestures and theatricality are just part of the culture really. But eh, different strokes or whatever.

War metal names often seem to self-parodize to the point of just laughing at the band name as well as the insanely awful music, I,e Goatfago, Goatpenis, Blasphemophager, Sadomator. I always get a laugh everytime I'm on the NWN board and some awful European label, talks about their 00ber great hyperfast limited 7 inch on green splatter vinyl for a band that sucks.

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Malignanthrone wrote:

Thing is, Suicide Silence actually are more sonically massive than a good 95% of all the death metal bands in the Archives! Not metal, sure, but definitely a lot more brutal.

Under_Starmere wrote:

Manowar aren't the Kings of Metal. They're pretenders to a throne that doesn't exist.!

Metallica is actually the Spanish word for "metal", although in that language it's only spelled with one "L".

Actually, "metal" in Spanish is written exactly like that; "metal". Metallica is a feminine adjective, and describes something which sounds metallic. Though yeah, to be grammatically correct in Spanish, it would need to have only one "l". As for it as a band name, well, I don't see what's wrong with it, really; it's memorable, sounds cool, and rolls off the tongue quite easily. Nope, no complaints there.

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Crick wrote:

Years from now, no one will remember Gandhi. They will speak only of Fenriz.

What does 'trying too hard' to be anything, really even mean anymore? People throw that phrase around like crazy and never bother explaining...plus, Darkthrone's name came from the lyrics of Celtic Frost's "Jewel Throne," and it's an awesome name.

yeah, some of you guys are just lacking in the right kind of spirit to appreciate a name like Darkthrone. Its' also just a great "word" to say...

I even like these sentence fragment bannames...Bring Me the HOrizon..I see nothing at all wrong with that, and it's too bad the trend became synonymous with bad music.

Slauter Xstroyes though I just don't like. Great band, but I can't get my head around a name like that. I don't even know how I'm supposed to say it.

Also, the tradition of naming your doom band "adjective noun" by combining the names of two Black Sabbath tunes is getting pretty old. As is being lazy and just referencing a single song. Though I guess The National Acrobats would be a pretty fun bandname.

_________________Hush! and harkTo the sorrowful cryOf the wind in the dark.Hush and hark, without murmur or sigh,To shoon that tread the lost aeons:To the sound that bids you to die.

I actually think Rocka Rollas is maybe not the worst but a really bad name, I think about 90% of all those who see my band name misunderstands it as some kind of shitty rock n roll band... Ha! But I wont change it now.

I actually think Rocka Rollas is maybe not the worst but a really bad name, I think about 90% of all those who see my band name misunderstands it as some kind of shitty rock n roll band... Ha! But I wont change it now.

I would agree that the name definitely put me off the first time you started promoting the band. If you play speed metal and you're name makes me think hard rock, then it doesn't fit. Just saying that it could be better.

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gomorro wrote:

Yesterday was the birthday of school pal and I met the chick of my sigh (I've talked about here before, the she-wolf I use to be inlove with)... Maaan she was using a mini-skirt too damn insane... Dude you could saw her entire soul every time she sit...